Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Pesticide Sales: The End is Near By Christiane Weiller The French parliament voted last summer a law named “transition énergétique” which brings new and important changes for French garden centers in regards to the pesticides/fertilizers category. As of January 2017 these products will only be available for sale […]
September 2015: Update from Japan
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Report from Japan By Akihiro Ozaki You might have already known that it is the Tokyo Olympic year in the summer of 2020. During that time the event area will be decorated with a lot of flowers. It will use strong varieties what will survive during the heat […]
September 2015: Update from Germany
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 News from Germany By Jutta Lenz This year the sales in the garden centres are compared to the bad last year only by 1% plus. Fruit and vegetable garden is doing well but nursery garden is very difficult this year – only fruit trees are running good. The buying resistance […]
September 2015: Update from Spain
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 I’m Looking in my Corner… By Santiago González The Spanish Garden Center Association had invested heavily in promoting this spring plants to the final consumer in mass media and digital, enhancing the garden center as a specialist in the green world. As a continuation of previous campaigns, there […]
September 2015: Report from Australia
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Australia Down Under By Leigh Siebler Australia has kicked into spring with a reasonable yelp despite quite poor weather. Victoria had its coldest winter for 26 years but we are still very optimistic. The Aussies who went to the Denmark Congress enthused about it and I know […]
September 2015: Update from Canada
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Administrator’s will Visit Niagara Falls in December! By Julia Ricottone We are excited to have the IGCA Board and Country Administrators to Niagara Falls this December 6-9, 2015 for the IGCA Administrator’s Meeting. At this meeting, we will share information about programs and services between fellow administrators, […]
June 2015: Update from Switzerland 2
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Getting Plants into the News By Othmar Ziswiler From March through Easter, the Swiss newspapers wrote a lot about gardens, plants and the awakening nature. After Easter the media interest in garden topics slows down and this year we wanted to do something to continue the interest. We […]
June 2015: Update from France
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Invasive Alien Species By Christiane Weiller French garden centers have been working on the Invasive Alien Species regulation in the European Union together with other French horticultural professions. This new regulation, which focuses only on species introduced into the European Union as a consequence of human intervention, is […]
June 2015: Update from the IGCA Office
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Update from the IGCA Office By Julia Ricottone IGCA is starting to compile a list of events and trade shows across the country. The listing is currently available on the IGCA Website, and will be updated regularly. We are working on some new ideas to help all congress delegates […]
June 2015: Update from Canada
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Celebrating Garden Days this June By Julia Ricottone The spring experience has been different depending on where you live in Canada. Those on the west coast have been working in full force since February, central Canada has had a very busy April and May, while the east […]